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It was a good day. I rode as well as I could apart from a shit start and had a great race long battle for 9th ex 27 in GV. Higher intenstity intervals, weekly XC training ride and XC racing on my off season were definitely a big help. About a minute a lap off the mere mortal sharp end pace (Nigel Brown is in a class of his own).
No substitute for experience and fitness. Car park neighbour rode a rigid single speed to beat me on an Sworks Epic.....
AdsH
Great course at yesterday's Gorrick autumn XC classic at Crowthorne woods. Entered the Sport cat. with a field of about twenty and was duly dropped almost immediately finishing 16th about three minutes off the pace per five mile lap. Putting most of that down to lack of any practice laps and skill deficit - which I tried to correct throughout the race and managed to negative split it so it kinda worked. I need to work on slow speed cornering.
Perfect conditions apart from the cold nibbling at my mits for the first lap. Too cold for sharkpits jersey though, much to @BareNecessities disappointment I'd imagine.
Here's the course if anyone fancies it. Also, good to meet @Steves - with an old school Cannondale - on the train down.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1436844259